Quote Originally Posted by Jimboogie
Okay first off, after beating Kostya Tszyu, the first thing Ricky did was go right after another champion, the best fight open to him, and beat the S*** out of him.

How many of the guys listed here did that, if any

Secondly, he had no option but to give up his belts the 1st time round due to HBO getting on his case.
Anyway, so he moved up, won but lost out big time and ran back down to 140. And won his old strap back in his 1st fight.


Which brings right up to... Thirdly, how are you supposed to defend your belt with an ounce of credibility when the mandatory your given are not upto standard.

My personal opinion, to get to the point, is Ricky has mad the right decision in giving up his IBF strap.

You dont need the "IBF" to be regarded a champion, not in my book, not these days anyway
But my point is he does'nt defend he is'nt a champ he could have fought M'baye he is'nt bad